{"id":69714,"date":"2025-04-13T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T14:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=69714"},"modified":"2025-04-13T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T14:55:46","slug":"collegiate-excels-against-boland-powerhouses-rhenish-and-bloemhof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=69714","title":{"rendered":"Collegiate excels against Boland powerhouses, Rhenish and Bloemhof"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Collegiate
Collegiate Girls made massive strides during their two-match tour to the Western Cape. Photo: Collegiate Girls High School<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Collegiate Girls’ High School<\/a><\/strong> travelled to the Western Cape to face Rhenish Girls’ High<\/strong> and HMS Bloemhof <\/strong>over the weekend, many thought the results were a foregone conclusion.<\/p>\n

That’s because a week ago, both Bloemhof and Rhenish excelled at the St Mary\u2019s Waverley Hockey Festival<\/a> <\/strong>in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

The Western Cape duo finished in second and third positions, respectively, behind the winners, St Mary’s DSG, Kloof<\/a><\/strong>. Thus, there is no doubt they were favoured heading into the clashes against Collegiate.<\/p>\n

The Gqeberha girls, meanwhile, put together a decent showing at St Mary’s. But facing Rhenish on Friday night before taking on Bloemhof the following day was a tall order.<\/p>\n

Collegiate had nothing to lose, similar to their brother school, Grey High, who came from behind four times to draw 4-4 with Paul Roos<\/a><\/strong> just a few kilometres down the road.<\/p>\n

Facing the reigning Fairtree Super 12 champions<\/strong><\/a>, Rhenish, they frustrated the home side and defended like their lives depended on it.<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t at their best on the attack, but they capitalised on one opportunity when Kerrin Gillies<\/strong> found the back of the net.<\/p>\n

Their Friday night outing ended in an encouraging 1-1 draw, which left them with a quick turnaround before a meeting with St Mary’s runner-up, Bloemhof, on Saturday. On Friday, coach Jenny King<\/strong>\u2019s Bloemhof girls had narrowly defeated Herschel Girls School<\/strong> 2-1.<\/p>\n

That meant both teams carried some tired legs into Saturday’s showdown. As always, it would be about which team took its chances.<\/p>\n

The hosts scored first, but Collegiate came from behind in the second half, striking back twice with goals from Gillies and Kate Brennen <\/strong>to score a thrilling victory.<\/p>\n

“I’m very happy with the outcome of this weekend,” Collegiate head coach Michael Abrahams<\/strong> told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“We wanted to be competitive and play a good brand of hockey. We’ve learnt a lot, and it has given us a good look at what to work on going forward.”<\/p>\n

\"Collegiate
Collegiate held Rhenish to a 1-1 draw. Photo: Collegiate Girls’ High School.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking back on their Western Cape adventure, the Gqeberha girls will take confidence from their stubborn defence, which rescued them from some sticky situations.<\/p>\n

Abrahams said that was about good preparation: \u201cOur approach was to be good defensively, but, at the same time, making sure we were good in possession.<\/p>\n

“We knew coming here would be tough, especially with the quick turnaround. So, we needed to prepare accordingly.”<\/p>\n

The positive results will be a huge morale boost for Collegiate ahead of a busy schedule in the Eastern Cape and around the country.<\/p>\n

“It’s always good to play against teams of this calibre. It’s important that we continue to learn and grow from these types of games,” Abrahams concluded.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Collegiate 1-1 Rhenish Girls’ High School
\nCollegiate 2-1 HMS Bloemhof<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Collegiate Girls’ High School travelled to the Western Cape to face Rhenish Girls’ High and HMS Bloemhof over the weekend, many thought the results were a foregone conclusion. That’s because a week ago, both Bloemhof and Rhenish excelled at the St Mary\u2019s Waverley Hockey Festival in Johannesburg. The Western Cape duo finished in second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":69715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}